But the Lord did not choose that the champan should be lost; for the Camucones did not break it up, as is their wont, but abandoned it after having plundered its articles of value -- which were considerable, and which caused great loss to the province.

This being done, the champan was very quiet; and, although they were in evident danger of death, they did not lose the hopes which they placed in the glorious saint, confident, by his intercession, of life and arrival at Panay.

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"Champans, are small flat-bottomed vessels used by the Chinese and Japanese. They have one mast rigged the same as the main-mast of a junk, with a single sail made of caw. They seldom exceed 80 tons burden; are constructed without iron or nails; and are unfit for rough weather."